It’s that time of the year again when Statistics Austria releases the country’s most popular names for newborn babies in 2023, with Emilia (for girls) and Paul (for boys) revealed as the winners.
Out of 37,596 girls and 40,009 boys born that year, Emilia was chosen 638 times for girls, and Paul was selected 687 times for boys, each representing 1.7 percent of the total names given, according to an analysis by Statistics Austria.
“Emilia, which ranked second in 2022, has become the most popular name for girls for the first time in 2023, while the previous year’s winner, Emma, dropped to third place. Paul reclaimed the top spot among boys, as he did in 2021 and 2018. Maximilian, the most popular boys’ name in 2022, fell to fourth place. Anna has been a top ten favourite since 1991 and consistently ranked in the top three from 1996 to 2021,” said Tobias Thomas, Director General of Statistics Austria.
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Emilia first entered the top ten list of girls’ names in 2013 and has consistently placed in the top three since 2019. Paul, who rose two places compared to the previous year, has been in the top ten boys’ names since 2012, claiming the number one spot in 2018 and 2021, and second place in 2017 and 2019.
Statistics Austria compiles the results by analysing registered baby names in their original form, without special characters.
Here’s the full top 10 list of the most popular baby names for girls and boys in Austria in 2021.
Girls
1 Emilia
2 Marie
3 Emma
4 Anna
5 Mia
6 Sophia
7 Valentina
8 Lena
9 Lea
10 Laura
Boys
1 Paul
2 Jakob
3 Elias
4 Maximilian
5 Felix
6 Noah
7 Leon
8 David
9 Tobias
10 Jonas
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